Sei rear disks are they worth it?

[bullard123]

I can get my hands on a complete sei rear disk swap. My question is are they really worth the time? Why or why not?

[BITESIZE]

They look nice. It is alot of work, but worth it.

[2oodoor]

Like Bitesize said, they look good and with all the cosmetic mods on your car that is pretty important.
It brings the car up to state of the art as well.
I would like them on my LX sedan but it is not high on the list.

[ZackieDarko]

from what i hear its night and day

[2drSE-i]

Not that i know how difficult the swap is, but i would do it just so that i didnt have to work on drum brakes anymore. Plus, calipers just look better!

[Accordtheory]

The more quick the rate of deceleration, the more weight is transferred to the front..
I am really skeptical if this is worth doing..or I probably would have done it by now.
I'm sure not doing it just because it looks better..
Who knows, never driven an se-i, esp not one with the ebc yellow pads.

[Dr_Snooz]

No, you shouldn't do it. It would be a terrible mod.

You should, however, forward the purchasing info to me.

Heh, heh.

[Cheeseburger]

So far you have been doing a good job in pimping out your accord. If i were to see you accord at a show i would be sweet mother of cheese this looks HOT! but as i would be circling the accord checking it out and i see the drum breaks i would be FTL! lol... just do it if you can.

[2oodoor]

^^^sweet mother of cheese^^^^ good one !!!
even civic ex, del sol, and all newer accords, and acuras have rear discs, my last two pickup trucks have had rear discs.. It is not so bad a job as long as you have everything you need.

[Ichiban]

Not that i know how difficult the swap is, but i would do it just so that i didnt have to work on drum brakes anymore. Plus, calipers just look better!

I think it would probably be just as easy to swap the drums for discs, rather than change shoes and fuck with all those springs. Even though the Honda drums aren't so bad to work on, the Toyota ones are a fuckin nightmare.

[bullard123]

Good input guys Lot of good pros and cons. Would it be easier to take the whole assembly off from the control arm down?

[w261w261]

<< but as i would be circling the accord checking it out and i see the drum breaks i would be FTL! lol... just do it if you can. >>

I don't know how logical this is, but last February my wife's Volvo died, and I couldn't take my SE-i to Montreal for it's new windshield until I got her another car. She really liked the Honda Fit, and we actually ordered one for delivery in a couple of weeks. But the more I thought about it, the more those rear drums bothered me. It wasn't just the relative lack of braking power, it was the implication of cheapness. It probably wasn't just the drums on the Fit that did it, but we cancelled the order in a few days and bought a '04 Passat, a much better car (basically an A4).

[mykwikcoupe]

Its a easy swap especially if you have a complete arm assembly. It took me 4 hours to pull them off an sei and put them on my lxi but I've got a good supply or air tools.
I'd do it just in case. If it doesn't make a difference why did they use them in the sei and again on almost all new cars? That's my input

[Accordtheory]

I don't have anything against drum brakes. They don't drag like discs, either. Discs always have a slight drag.
I don't know, I've said for a while the ebc yellow pads with the 88/89 discs are enough, maybe not.
So what all do you have to change, I can't remember. The proportioning valve, and the whole rear setup? What about the parking brake, does the cable just connect right to the new shit?

I remember one of my friends did the rear disk swap on his civic, it was totally not worth it in my opinion. My brakes are much better overall than on his car, and I still have drums.

[EricW]

Seeing as how you put your car in shows, I would the disk swap just for the cosmetic reasons. It is a simple mod. The most annoying part was the parking brake cables because you have to drop the exhaust and the heat shield to get them in the car.

[bullard123]

Ok so yeah they will enhance the appearance of the car. But you can't even tell I have rear drums because the 17's pretty much hide them. I was thinking about just getting drilled/slotted rotors all around with ceramic pads but seeing that sei coupe smiling at me with rear discs is very tempting also. I guess for me it will boil down too what will be the easiest job to do.

[MessyHonda]

how can you say no to this?

[Hauntd ca3]

any brake up grade is good

[turabaka]

I say do it. I got the ones off of Bitesize's hatch, and they were a piece of cake to install. Took me an evening to do the rears. A bit longer to upgrade the fronts to the lx-i brakes since I had to replace some ball joints as well.

[carotman]

Drums will fade faster than discs.
You can't get performance shoes for our drums.

Drums cost less
Drums have a better initial bite.

It all depends on what you want.

[A18A]

i would do it just so it makes our cars look less behind in the times like it would with teh drums

[cyra]

Drums will fade faster than discs.
You can't get performance shoes for our drums.

Drums cost less
Drums have a better initial bite.

It all depends on what you want.

one more drum advantage:
the handbrake works


by the disc, sooner or later, it does not.

[frantik]

Would it be easier to take the whole assembly off from the control arm down?

yes it's really easy to remove that way.. you can remove the whole assembly with like 4 -6 bolts lol

[AccordB20A]

drums really poon when it vomes to doing handbrakeys but they are gay to change the shoes in. and discs are so much nicer to look at. prolly more lighter aswell lol

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

Buy them